The slabs must be tired of waiting on warmer weather like me! Thats good news thanks Rusty. Ya'll save a few for me.
Talked to a couple that decided to try the shallow water a couple of days ago. The husband/wife team told me that they cought a decent mess of slabs in 3 feet of water around the trees. They were up in the Smoke House area dabbin minnows around the trees and had almost their limit. This really surprisesz me cause I would think the weather was too cold. It should be no problem at all catching a limit of good slabs this weekend at Blackshear.
The slabs must be tired of waiting on warmer weather like me! Thats good news thanks Rusty. Ya'll save a few for me.
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WOW! Sounds early! How warm has the surface temps got at BS now?!?
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
At the mouth of Swift Creek the surface temp was 56.8 this past Sunday afternoon. North of Cedar creek about 200yds surface temp Sunday morn was 44 to 46.
wish i was there
wear'em out, cant wait till they start here in WV about a mth to go
Sorry, but Blackshear is still in post-spawn. The couple was only braggin it up...
Randy, the owner of Radz (bait store) said that Smokehouse didn't produce any slabs, just a mess of dinks...28 total fish between them both which was good for them, but hardly the spawn.
The (slabs) are still in the river channel near 20ft deep as they have been all winter long.
I have camped-out the last 3 weekends strait and fished very, very, very successfully in the deep river channel. The bait fish have rarely been marked above 10ft, and mostly found at 15ft and deeper.
The fish are getting very aggresive and within two weeks they may start moving into the shallows if the weather warms as predicted.
Blackshear Slabfest on March 20th will be a great fishing event as it begins in 2 weeks also Dont miss it....
was at blacksher sat. all morning cough 6 in 4 hrs . talked to several and no one i talked to caught many big fish mostly small to med . from what i have read that size don`t spawn . it is the bigger fish like 10 in or better . with the days getting longer they will start moving up into the shallows looking for spawning ground.
retired and now i will always fish